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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
653 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 60 NM...
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 653 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
6 NM SOUTHEAST OF SAINT HELENA SOUND TO NEAR WASSAW SOUND BUOY,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BETSY ROSS REEF, BEAUFORT 45 FEET REEF, GENERAL GORDON, HILTON HEAD
REEF, HUNTING ISLAND REEF, FRIPP ISLAND REEF, FRIPP ISLAND WRECK,
R7 TOWER, FISH AMERICA, GASKINS BANK WRECK, GASKIN BANKS, FRIPP
INLET BUOY, PORT ROYAL SOUND, WHITEWATER REEF AND BUOY L.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3191 8098 3194 8101 3199 8096 3198 8093
3201 8090 3203 8092 3217 8075 3232 8063
3230 8060 3234 8047 3238 8046 3246 8051
3252 8048 3253 8044 3223 7975 3183 8017
3154 8061 3189 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 319DEG 14KT 3237 8032 3210 8066 3190 8098
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
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